Natsu wakes up on the floor of Lilli's living room. Twelve-year-old Natsu sits up and looks around the room confused. The entire room smelled of Lilli, sweet pea and mint, but also very strongly of antiseptic. Natsu's onyx eyes shift around the room; the dining table is full of first aid supplies, the rug Lilli had in the living area was scorched and shoved into a heap near the front door, and the pictures were all crocked which is highly unusual for the neat girl Natsu knows. He tries to stand but ends up clutching his head in pain and yelling in surprise; beneath his hand, he feels bandages.
"Oh, good." Lilli's soft voice says, floating on the air, "You're finally awake." Natsu looks towards the sound of her voice to find her head poking out of the kitchen. Lilli's waist-length, white hair falls over her shoulder and her electric blue eyes are filled with worry. She's wearing a light purple nightgown with an apron over it. The smell of food gently wafts through the air behind her causes Natsu's stomach to quietly complain.
"Why is my head bandage and why am I here?" Natsu asks while rubbing his head again, causing the antiseptic smell to smack him in the face once more.
"Oh, well," Lilli begins, leaning against the frame and twirling a small section of hair nervously, "You and Gray were fighting down by the river bank and you took a nasty punch to the face which caused you to fall. When you landed, you struck your head on a rock. I don't know how long you were unconscious for, but I became afraid. So, Az and I brought you to my house. I began treating your wounds, but at some point, you started thrashing around like you were having a bad dream and you ended up scorching the rug…." She trails off and then hurriedly adds, "I hope you don't mind that I treated your wounds."
Natsu looks at the timid girl, who is only a few months younger than him, wondering why she is so scared of his reaction to her care when he's the one who caused her problems. Natsu lets a huge grin spread across his face as he replies, "Thanks, Lilli."
Lilli's timid and scared expression turns into a smile of relief as she states, "I made breakfast with Az's help. If you're hungry"
At the mention of his name, the Shadow Wolf pokes his head out of the kitchen. Azriel's fur is pure black that is incredibly soft to the touch. The wolf is still only a pup and only comes up to Lilli's mid-calf, but his piercing purple eyes make you feel so much smaller than him. Az commands respect and that's why no one dares to approach Lilli with ill intent. Lilli bends down to pat him on the head affectionately as Natsu's stomach loudly complains.
'Good, the snoring beast is awake. Now I can sleep," Az communicates telepathically as he heads to Lilli's room in the back.
Lilli giggles at Natsu's stomach," I'll get you some food while I change your bandages okay?"
Natsu nods eagerly as she turns to grab two plates piled high with food of the counter. Lilli walks over and sets the two plates in front of Natsu and he immediately begins stuffing his face with food. Lilli unwraps the bandages from his head swiftly and mumbles under her breath that it might sting a bit as she applies more antiseptic. Natsu takes a sharp inhale of breath as the cold cream touches a very open wound. Lilli quickly bandages up the wound before Natsu can start thrashing. Her fingers working efficiently as if she had done this many times before. Natsu watches as her left arm snakes in front of him every so often revealing her purple guild mark on her forearm. Lilli finishes his bandages as he finishes eating.
"All done," Lilli says, "You can go to the guild now. I'm just going to clean up and let Az sleep for a bit."
Natsu just nods and begins heading to the guild, not really wanting to face Gray. Lilli quickly cleans up the kitchen, rerolls the rug to where it's supposed to be, puts away all the first aid supplies. She heads into her room, throws on a mint colored shirt and a pair of jeans before waking Azriel up and heading to Fairy Tail. Lilli runs through the town of Magnolia along the path of the river and through the park at the center of town. Once she and Az reach the guild they see Natsu and Gray battling against Erza. The three of them have smiles on their faces as they fight. Lilli waves at them as she runs past them. Erza nods in acknowledgment while Natsu and Gray flash her grins. She goes through the open doors into the guild hall to see Elfman and Mirajane talking near a table. Macao and Wakaba complaining about their wives, Cana practicing her card magic, and Lissana sitting on a table near her siblings. Happy is lying in her lap sound asleep. Laxus is sitting at the bar next to Gildarts. Lilli walks up to the Strauss siblings and sits next to Lissana while Az tucks himself under the table. There are smiles and laughter throughout the guild.